Cookie Don’t Crumble Cookie Don’t Crumble
Fox’s Empire made TV-ratings history by letting a black woman be her multidimensional self.
Mar 18, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Kristal Brent Zook
The Laura Kipnis Melodrama The Laura Kipnis Melodrama
In the dead serious discussion about student sexual vulnerability, there’s no place for cheeky provocateurs.
Mar 16, 2015 / Blog / Michelle Goldberg
Who Has Abortions? Who Has Abortions?
We can, and should, support trans men and other gender-non-conforming people without erasing women from the fight for reproductive rights.
Mar 13, 2015 / Subject to Debate / Katha Pollitt
The Danger of Policies That Take Mothers Out of the Office The Danger of Policies That Take Mothers Out of the Office
Some solutions might help mothers on an individual level while increasing systemic problems.
Mar 13, 2015 / Blog / Bryce Covert
Nigerian Women in the Crosshairs Nigerian Women in the Crosshairs
Amid a delayed election and a horrific Boko Haram insurgency, Nigerian women and girls are increasingly becoming targets—and tools—of violence.
Mar 11, 2015 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Krista Walton Potter, Anna Tenuta, and Foreign Policy In Focus
Court: Army Must Refer to Chelsea Manning as a Woman Court: Army Must Refer to Chelsea Manning as a Woman
The military is still now allowing Manning to grow her hair like a female prisoner.
Mar 5, 2015 / Blog / George Zornick
Sheryl Sandberg Wants Men to Lean In, but They Really Need to Lean Out Sheryl Sandberg Wants Men to Lean In, but They Really Need to Lean Out
Lean In Together tells men equality isn’t a zero-sum game. But it’s going to have to be.
Mar 5, 2015 / Blog / Bryce Covert
Students Make the Case for Gender Fluidity Students Make the Case for Gender Fluidity
Colleges around the country are considering adding a third gender option to their student rosters.
Mar 4, 2015 / StudentNation / Nikhilesh De and StudentNation
There’s Only One Thing That Could Actually Get Bill O’Reilly in Trouble, and It’s Not Lying There’s Only One Thing That Could Actually Get Bill O’Reilly in Trouble, and It’s Not Lying
Magical thinking may forever protect him.
Feb 27, 2015 / Blog / Leslie Savan
Fifty Shades of Basic Fifty Shades of Basic
The romance in the film isn’t perverse—and that’s the problem.
Feb 25, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt